If you paid your household employee more than $2100 for 2019, you are required to withold and/or pay social security and medicare taxes and issue them a W2.
To get started with the Household Employee section of Turbo Tax:
1. With your return open, choose Other Tax Situations from the menu at the top.
2. Answer the section's introductory questions and answer Yes to the Household Employee question and continue to the Start for the questions related to your household employee.
3. Enter the applicable wages subject to social security and medicare tax and any federal withholding.
4. Turbo Tax will let you know if there are additional filings required after you have completed this section with the appropriate amounts for the year and quarters.
You will need to issue your employee a W2.
Your W2's can be completed in one of the business or self-employed versions of Turbo Tax (see this link Turbo Tax W2's and 1099's or forms can be purchased at office supply stores and completed manually.
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